Summary of Ronan Farrow's War on Peace

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Get the Summary of Ronan Farrow's War on Peace in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: In an astonishing journey from the corridors of power in Washington, DC, to some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth-Afghanistan, Somalia, and North Korea among them-acclaimed investigative journalist Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history. His firsthand experience as a former State Department official affords a personal look at some of the last standard bearers of traditional statecraft, including Richard Holbrooke, who made peace in Bosnia and died while trying to do so in Afghanistan.

Drawing on newly unearthed documents, and richly informed by rare interviews with warlords, whistle-blowers, and policymakers-including every living former secretary of state from Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton to Rex Tillerson-War on Peace makes a powerful case for an endangered profession. Diplomacy, Farrow argues, has declined after decades of political cowardice, shortsightedness, and outright malice-but it may just offer America a way out of a world at war.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638152835

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The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence

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War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence (2018) by Ronan Farrow traces the decline of US diplomacy and the militarization of foreign policy. Under President Donald Trump, the State Department has a skeleton staff, most of whom are low-level officers. As a result, as an international superpower, the country is floundering. This is a problem that has long been in the making.

The late Richard Holbrooke was, perhaps, the last great American diplomat. Best known for successfully brokering peace in Bosnia in 1995, he was a high-ranking officer in the State Department who was almost secretary of state many times. Under the Obama administration, Holbrooke was charged with trying to negotiate peace in war-torn Afghanistan. A visionary who was haunted by his experience